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320 Machines, Consciousness and Psychedelics
Episode 320

320 Machines, Consciousness and Psychedelics

EPISODE #320 Machines, Consciousness and Psychedelics Richard speaks with a neuroscientist to discuss some of the fundamental assumptions underlying artificial intelligence. Is the human brain based on computation? Can information alone explain human...

Richard Syrett's Strange Planet

December 6, 201951m 32s

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EPISODE #320 Machines, Consciousness and Psychedelics

Richard speaks with a neuroscientist to discuss some of the fundamental assumptions underlying artificial intelligence. Is the human brain based on computation? Can information alone explain human consciousness and intelligence?

GUEST: Andrew Smart is a scientist and engineer interested in consciousness, brains and technology, his work traverses the boundaries of neuroscience, philosophy, culture, radical politics and metaphysics. He is the author of Beyond One and Zero.


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